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ABA 2008 Forum – The Life Cycle of a Song: Mechanical Royalties and Problems With Royalty Rates Today
Cynthia Sanchez | Dina LaPolt | Jeffrey Brabec | Todd Brabec
Todd Brabec is the former Executive Vice President of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), a membership association of nearly 300,000 US-based songwriters, lyricists, and publishers. He is also the author, with his brother Jeffrey, of “Music, Money, and Success: The Insider’s Guide to Making Money in the Music Industry, 5th ed.” (Schirmer, 2006). |
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Description: In this excerpt from a panel discussion held at a 2008 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Sports & Entertainment Law Forum, the panelists discuss mechanical royalties – the income generated from the manufacture of physical recordings of a song, for example on CD, LP or other physical media – and how recent decisions by the Copyright Royalty Board have thrown the current statutory rates, and what is covered under what rate, into serious doubt. They also discuss who benefits and who loses in the current web of conflicting copyright and royalty rate rules, and how other nations handle mechanical royalty payments on sound recordings created in the USA.
Shoot Date: October 2008 |
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